Become a Community Champion
Fundraising for a great cause in your own community
When you become a Community Champion, every pound you raise helps people living with mental illness in your community. Youll be supporting vital support groups and helping us to create new ones right where you live— safe, welcoming spaces that bring people together to connect, share experiences, and find hope together.
Many of these groups are run by volunteers with lived experience, offering understanding that only comes from those who’ve been there. They’re lifelines for many — places of comfort, friendship, and recovery there at the point of need no long waiting lists.
We receive no government funding for this vital work. That means your fundraising — whether it’s a bake sale, fun run, or quiz night — directly keeps these liflines open and helps new ones grow in communities across England.
By fundraising locally, you’re giving people in your community a reason to hope and a place to belong.
Need Some Inspiration?
Host an Event
Plan a quiz night, coffee morning, or an event. Bring people together and make a difference.
Get Moving
Walk, run, cycle, or dance-every step you take helps improve mental health support in your community.
Get Baking
Cupcakes, cookies, or artisan breads. Sell your creations and raise funds while filling hearts (and bellies).
Sell Something
Clear out your cupboards or get creative, from vintage clothes to handmade crafts, your sales can save lives.
Physical Challenge
Take on something epic-climb a mountain, swim a mile, or join an organised race for mental health.
Celebrate Something
Turn your birthday, wedding, or anniversary into a fundraiser by asking for donations instead of gifts.
About Rethink
Community Services and Groups
Our community Groups and Services keep people living with mental illness safe and well in the community, prevent their needs from escalating, and help them live independently,
Support groups
Our network of over 140 local support groups offers a welcoming, non-judgemental space to talk about your experience and get peer support.
Community Mental Health
Rethink Mental Illness has established a Community Mental Health Unit to transform community mental health care. We believe this is not a task for the NHS alone, but for communities
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